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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

NOTICE TO MEMBERS

FOURTH EXTRA RACE MEETING

Saturday, 17th April, 1948

The First Bell will be rang at 1.30 pan, and the first race will be run at 2.00 p.m.

.

Through numbers (30 Races—$20.) may be obtained at the Office of the Treasurers, 1st floor. Exchange Building, also tickets for the Special Cash Sween on the last raCO as well as those for the "Lantao Handicap" to be run at the Whitsun Meeting in May, 1948, The latter may also be furchased at the Club'k Branch Office, No. 382 Nathan Road, Kowloon.

that they and thele

' MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE. Members and guesía are reminded ladies MUST wear their badges PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED throughout the Meeting.

NO

ONE WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE

Badges admitting non-members to the Members" -Enclosure" and Club Rooms at $10 Including tax are obtainable through the Secretary

upon the written or, personal introduction of a Mamber, such Member to be responsible for mil chits-eta-

Badges admitting to Members Enclosure will NOT be op sald at the : RACE COURSE,

"The Treasurers'. Compenübre Office will close at 11 am. and the Secretary's Office will close at 11:45 am, Both affious at Int floor, Exchange. Buliding.

A limited number of tiffins will be obtainable at the Club House, provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Bor (Tel 27818),

NO QUIDBEN WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE CLUB'A PREMISES DURING THE MERNING. MANA

PUBLIO ENCLOSURE.”

AngelThe price of "admission to the Publio Enclavery in $9 pael. May including isx for all persons including Ladies, and ja plyale at the Linie, adapt safet

ket Bookinakers, Tie Tao men, etc, will not be permitted, to éporain within the precincta óf The: Họng Kong Jockey "Club during the Race Diesting.

** Refreshments will be obtainable in the Restaurant in thi Fubild" "Endlosure

„FANSERVANES' -TASSES --

2. Borvania” paner will do jugued to Private Box CONLY, Who, Bee requested to, distribute iham, with

NE-SO CASOSes their names on the - PRASCE.

Mos are nos perrnitted in the Micnihers" „En 1-94 made arvegin on thele duties but likes, rej

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THE CHINA-MAIL, THURSDAY, APRIL 157–1948.

H.K. Visitors At Colonial Office

་་་

Mr. D. R. Rear-Williams, M,P., Parliamentary Under-Secretary of Stato for the Colonies recently welcomed four visitors from Hong Kong at the Colonial Office. They werp: Mrs. Yook Wai-hapn, B.A., of the Hong Kong Social Welfare Council, Mr.-Ci Hon-ki, Stationmanter, Mr. Goh Kong-hooi, a' Post Office official, and Mr. Hubert Lai, Assistant Secretory of the Hong Kong Boys' and Girls Clubs Association,

Coolie Yielded To Temptation

They are on a six-weeks' visit to England sponsored by the British Council, to obtain

ren-

eral Impression of life and con~ ditions in the United Kingdom,

Mr. Veoh Wai Haan, who is a graduale of Hong Kong Univer sity, is Senior Case Worker on the Social Welfare Council,

Mr. Li Hon Ki entered the rail- way service in 1030 as a pro- butioner and won his way to promotion to Stationmaster Through the grades of Ticket Booking Clerk and Goods Clerk.

and

Mr. Goh Kong Hool entered the Inability to resist the

postal service in 1933 as

140- temptation to "try his luck"

bationer sorter. He is now in landed Chan Hup, 34-year-charge of the Festal Restante fold coolie "with a clear record and Enquiries Department

and of good character," before is engaged on the revision of the Mr. W. H. Latimer at Kow.ong Kong Postel Guide, Ho was

educated at St. Xavier's Institu loon yesterday charged with on. Penang.

conversion Iraudulent $670 on April 9.

ut

On defendant undertaking to replace the amount lost

($50), The Magistrate sentenced him to six weeks hard labour,

According to DC. Sub-Inspector Waldon, deterdapt WIES ein- ployed by Chan Wan-yam of the coolte, Kowloon Gudawns as a Post bene past, complainaril ve been Lestrusting defendant with money in pray to the Talkoo

Advent a meat.

On April 9. complainant gave 9 760 for the Taikoo

dowa, In Canton Road,

Go-

deten

dant saw a party of coolies gam

bling and cul not resist the

temptation of trying is luck.

He JOSE

$50 of his minster's

Lo

Mr. Hubert Lai was educated at: the Diocesan Boys' School. Before becoming actively associated with welfare work, he was youth

of architects. articled to a firm

After being welcomed to the Rees- Colonial Office by Mr. Williams, the visitors were intro- duced to members of the Eastern Department of the Office.

POP

CARRIER PIGELÖNA “ WILL GO

BARTHER

THAN ANY OTHER

· BIRD POP!*

· Doesn't even cross the road-1

WELL NE NOTICED". Chidices Douent

60 VERÓT (PARZ

THESE DAYS!

Crown Rent Acceptance

A "Temporary Waiver"

Desmond

Parker

Condition of Alreraftman Desmond Parker, who l In the British Military Hos pital, Hong Kong, has rapidly Improved since his mintar, më- rived

from England last Thursday to vialk” him,

It in understood that his sister, Mr. Sylvia Flynn, of Wooley

Terrace, Crook, County Durham, will be re- turning to England shortly, either by air or by the troop.

"Lancashire" ship

leaving Hong Kong about the end of the month.

Landlord-Tenant Bill Change

berme frightened, and Appeals against the decision of a tonancy tribunal money, derided to abscond with the

will in future be limited to only one Court, innec. As the remainder of the money would be too bulky

except in exceptional circumstances, if the carry, accused went

Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Ordin- ance 1948, which passed its first reading in Legislative Council yesterday, is enacted.

and pur. rings and sult of Chinese clothing.

chased two guld

Changed Clothes

4

He took

Tsun Wan bus to where he went down to the beach and changed into the new clothes, He was seen by a Police officer, questioned, and taken back to where tho the Police Station whole story came out.

The amending Ordinance also provides for the constitution of one-man Tenancy Tribunals to hear tenancy disputes.

The object of the Bill, ex- plained the Attorney-General

The amount recovered, said DSI (Mr. J. B. Griffin), Is to speed Waldron, was $430.10 in cash,

up the gold rings and the new suli

the disposal of tenancy

of clothing, totalling approximate cases. He said: ly $620.

Concluding, DSI Waldron said' that defendant had a clear record that and a good character, and the present offence was only temporary lapse.

Agreeing with the prosecution officer that it was just "yielding to temptation," Mr. Latimer sold that he must, however, setk occused to prison "as otherwise this we will have a shoal of yielding to templation enses."

Black Ticketeers Arrested

nione

►

"But even though so in *creased, the tribunal has not been able to koop abreast of the work whien cames before It so that again recently the members of the Law Bociety made an offer, which wat gladly accepted by Govern ment to give their services as individuals who would Bit magistrates for tha "The Landlord and Tenant Or-

disposal of tribunal disputes. dinance 1947 was enacted last

"This procedure has suggested year. In the Interval of lime that

the desirability of smending sec- has elapsed. practical exnerlence in operation of the Ordinance hna in 28 so as to enable individuals

who

are deemed suitable by of course been obtained, and as

result proposals for the amend-ualification and experience to be ment of the Ordinance have been pointed to sit as

tenancy tribunal."

The motion was the Colonial carried unanimously.

under consideration.

Bill before "The

Council re- presents the amendments which it is considered, should be made. The most important amendments are those which appear in clauses

4 and 5 of the Bill.

"Clause amanding section 26

of the Ordinance deals with the mater of appeals. At the present

a one-man

accended by

!

Government is preserving its legal rights for the endorsement of covenants to repair and main- tain buildings an war-damaged sites, and its continued acceptance of Crown Ront can only be construed as a temporary waiver, This announcement of Gov- Jawalting the recommendations of ernment policy, was made a Committee, whose terms of public when the Colonial Secre- reference, though primarily tary (the Hon. Mr. D. M. Mac-directed to the clearance of war

replied

which must Dougall, C.M.G.)

to damaged

neces questions put by the Hon. Mr.naturally have priority, M. K. Lo in Legislative Coun-sarily include. the wider question of whether, and it so when and cil yesterday.

Mr. Lo asked whether Crown modifications,

rown in what

what manner and with what

remedy Rent is being collected an war-brenches of the covenants con- her tuner in their respective lenses.

damaged properties, whother

deelded

sites

the

The Chairman of the Committee has already received · directions to this effect,"

Government had

of the the waive the performance usual covenant

and to repair maintain such properties in view of hardships suffered by owners a result of the wor, and it Government's answer to The second question is in the negative whether the question of waiver is within the terms of reference of the Committee set up to make re- comanensintions on War-Damaged

Sifes,

Government's answer

to the

Jury List

Amendment

The Jury (Amendment)

of

first question was in the afirma- Ordinance 1948, which amends live, and to the second in the the principal Ordinance negative; and in amplification 1887 by empowering the thereof the Colonial Secretary Governor to order a settled sald:

jury list of a previous year to be adopted as the jury list of the current

year, passed its first reading in Legislative Counell yesterday.

Introducing the Bill the Attor- noy General (Mr. J.B. Grifn) said the Jury Ordinance 1887

In view of the importance of the matter the following state ment is inade in elaboration of the answers given:

Present Position "Shortly after the liberation of the Colony the usual demand

notes for Crown rent were sent was amended in 1947 enabling out to all Crown lesugas ieren-persons to be added to the jury ective of whether or not war fist after a list had been settled. It was no damage had been Incurred. In by reason of which law, such damage does not re-longer essential for a new list of Ileve the

from hla special and common jurors to be ilability to pay rent nor from settled every year,

A considerable usual his ability under the

saving yourly covenants to repair and main.of inbour and expense in pupilca- tain any buildings comprised in tion and in Gazette space would

on the result from the Governor exercis or subsequently built

ing the power conferred upon him) premises Texsud. "It must not be assumed, how-under the new Ordinance,

The motion was Reconded by and un- ever, that in taking such action Government has prejudged the the Colonial Secretary

Tanimously approved, the other. issue one way or fact Governnient has been con- sidering the whole question the lines of public

Secretary and her on

ILLEGAL BOARDING

DEATH

and rehabilitation, though POTTER At the Hong Kong

of

it cannot of course ignore that the contractual relationship landlord and tenant-exists.bc- tween the Crown and the Crown lessee. In view of the fact that the breaches of the usual coven- there ants are continuing the acceptance by Governinent of Crown rent As a result of illegal boardings, could

not be construed as ony- A rait on our cinema houses time an appeal is possible from at Kowloon between 8 pm, and 9 the decision of a Tenancy Tribuna special watch was kept on the thing more" p.m. on April 13 by Inspector J.al not only to the Court con- War Afridi and in the early waiver, Le., a waiver of breaches hours of yesterday, Inspector up to the time when rent was F. Mugford of the Tax Office re- stiluted by one judge but also

Askew saw a moter boat towing the time of the breaches. sulted in the arrest of nine men beyond that to the Full Court.

"It is felt that the

a passenger boat towards the

"In this connection its in- and one woman for falling to

vision of such appeals has the teamer. After untying the pas

to note that a survey portant purchase admission tickets.

senger boat the motor boat scur-

of damaged property has only effect of causing delay in the ried away in the darkness with- disposal of tenancy

recently been, completed, and disputes, of

Charged before Mr. W.. Lati- mer yesterday, Leung Wing-cheong (24) married woman, and Chan Muf-chat (43) broker, were aned $25 each. They were found in side Kwong Ming Theatre.

pro-

and thus the main objective out lights.

the legislation is likely to be defeated, such objective being that disputes should be

amendment

Chan Po (30), Li Lin (22), Li Fo (23) Chan Shuen (23), Leung Hing (18), Leung So (23), Le Ping-foon (18) anil Li Leung (28), were fined $10 each by Mr. WA. Blair-Kerr.

First defendant was arrested at the Ming Sing Theatre, second the Full Court. and third at the Prince's Thea-.

remainder at the tre, and the Mong Kok Theatre.

COMING TO THE

KING'S

DANNY

ARE

YOU A MITTY?

SAMUEL GOLDWYN

VIRGINIA

KAYE MAYO

and the Goldwyn Girls'

The Secret Life

of Walten Mittey

BERG TECHNICOLOR

BORIS KARLOFF

EAT BAINTER

ANN BUITERFORD

alongside a vessel without the

An additional charge of tying dingly permission of the Master netted him another. fine of $100 or two weeks.

Ціал

16 temporary

that this may prave to be in;} As a result, Pang Pak-lam,

complete ofinoutato. master of the passenger boat was

"In order, however, to

to preserve Mr. D. G. ex-Arraigned before

Its legal rights Government does Caines at the Marine Court yes-

not propose to demand, or accept | terday charged with illegal Crown rent from those

Crown which boarding and for

on his picading lessees who have to its know- clause 4. provides requires that thuilty was fined $200 or one ledge taken no steps to repair or future there shall be only one month. appeal possible from the decision of a tenancy tribunal, that is, to say, either to a single judge or 10 "But there is still a reserva- tion that upon the certißeate or a single judge that a point of law of

to the exceptional Importance public has emerged the apuent con go to the Full Court, notwith standing · that there has already been an appual to a single "judge. "Clause 5 secks to amend 500- tion 28 of the principal Ordin ance, which deals with the con- İstitution of tenancy tribunais.

Pressure Of Work

Readers' Letters

Fach

clear altes. Such lessees should clearly understand such action is equivalent to notification that there arc breaches of covenant in respect of which Goverment is preser- 'ving_its_legal_rights..

No Decisian

"Government however has not yet decided, although various alternatives have been explored Sir, I do not intend to waste and considered, what a fair and bore your practical solution to the problem my own time, or rendars, by replying in detail to would be. "Simple Simon's" "over whelm- ing and incontrovertible facts," legislation many of which, in my opinion; enacted, are overwhelming and easily coți- trovertible

nonsense.

I will confine myself to putting two

questions

"It appears likely that special will have to he but Government is

Reminders

Today

a Yarm, Ice & Cold Storage, Co, Ltd, Windsor House, 11

"As honourable members are aware, excellent work has been oprio by there. telbunals in recent years. For a long time that work "Simple Simon comes, to live 1. In the country from which tell upon a comparatively small amidst the wholesalo corruption number of people on the panel profiteering, oppression and of from which tenancy tribunals can be constituted. Recently that disgraceful street scenes number has been reinforced which form part ond the addition of a number of per fe in this Colony & Country Annual general meeting of Dairy sang ?wchờ: hive public-spiritedly. where people

service to not merely pay

where Practise 11,"

Annual Meeting,... New • Asiatio man, be he black

Chemical Works, Ltd. Mez- bald unfor wager and works

zanine Fir., Exchange Bldg, union hours, education pulsory and free old-age pen- H.K. Light Orchestra 275" Robin- slons and other benefits are paid pon Road lo, dis ellizens,

„as to Theatre ¿Party <by | Youngo that die Sot,, Extripóɑn YMCA,ME Utopian country, ta unrestricted Y Men's Club Aslatie (or to be more specifid Catholic Club) Que Chinese) Immigration permitted?

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p.m. today and friends sending flowers are requested to send them direct to the

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